tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post539368897267236536..comments2023-07-21T09:17:17.142-07:00Comments on Test 25636: Celebrity Big Brother - "unpleasant middle class intellectual snobbery"?Paul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-17261871008096184572007-01-24T01:27:00.000-08:002007-01-24T01:27:00.000-08:00Thank you, EdThank you, EdPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-83889675072357191752007-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:002007-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:00Re Neil's comment, I'm not condoning whate...Re Neil's comment, I'm not condoning whatever Jade Goody did or said or criticising the many people who were obviously upset by it - I cant comment on that coz I have never watched the programme. It's important to be clear that I was criticising the media reaction to Goody's behaviour, which I did read and which in places was based more on class snobbery than on anti-racism. <br><br>There's an argument to be had about whether the middle classes have any right to act as moral arbiter of the content of our TV channels but probably not right now coz it will only upset Duncan ;-)Edhttp://owersby.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-15235293289609586612007-01-22T12:51:00.000-08:002007-01-22T12:51:00.000-08:00I'll joing the Lib Dem "love-in" her...I'll joing the Lib Dem "love-in" here, by agreeing with you all.Norfolk Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-76849542226244196422007-01-22T06:48:00.000-08:002007-01-22T06:48:00.000-08:00Duncan and Neil - thank you very much for your com...Duncan and Neil - thank you very much for your comments. It is nice to know I am not out on a limb here!Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-42837707944269728342007-01-22T05:52:00.000-08:002007-01-22T05:52:00.000-08:00Suggesting that criticism of Ms Goody & Co is ...Suggesting that criticism of Ms Goody & Co is 'middle class snobbery' is quite insulting to the many working class people who understand basic good manners.Liberal Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768623171512362027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-20273372470249354502007-01-22T05:41:00.000-08:002007-01-22T05:41:00.000-08:00'I think the basis of the row is a little more...'I think the basis of the row is a little more hum-drum than that. "Celebrity Big Brother" became unbalanced or dysfunctional for a week. Channel 4 could have stepped in much earlier to correct the problem.'<br><br>I fully agree.<br><br>As I said in http://tinyurl.com/yusk5s<br>Channel 4 doesn't make it's own programmes, it is a publisher-broadcaster commissioning them from independent producers... ...Ch4 is now as much driven by the ratings war as anybody else, with hours of lowest common denominator TV. The days of the small inventive production companies are long gone, swallowed into a handful of production conglomerates such as Endemol, Mentorn and Ten Alps.<br>The fortunes of Ch4 are inextricably tied to the success of these companies...<br>And the big money spinner is Endemol - home of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal...<br>...This is all so painfully incestuous there can be no choice but to fully investigate Channel 4. Of course the problem with that is that the only conclusion that can be reached is the Ch4 has moved so far away from it's public broadcaster remit that it has to be consigned to becoming just another ITV, with all that means.Duncan Borrowmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05301480655035778743noreply@blogger.com